more good news
Yesterday, Nolan had his regular eye exam and head ultrasound. Both were good reports: the eye exam showed continued improvement, and the head ultrasound showed a normal brain. I’m a little torn about sharing this news about the ultrasound, because it came through several people before it got to me, so there’s always the chance it will be revised if I didn’t understand it correctly… but it’s such good news that even if a bunch of caveats were attached later, we’d still be happy jumping beans!
They’ve been monitoring his brain since they found the grade 4 bleed on one side in his first few days. As the blood disappears (very very slowly), they look for cysts and scarring that would indicate permanent damage from the bleed. If they saw damage, they still wouldn’t know what that meant for specific developmental problems, but it would mean that he was much more likely to have some problems later on. As I understand it, the report of a “normal” brain means that there is no evidence of the bleed (either blood or scarring). I’m not sure whether scarring or cysts could still show up later or not, but it’s great news for now!!
Go Nolan Go!!!
In other news flashes… yesterday, Kara and Ronan got the news that they are targetting NEXT THURSDAY to send Nolan home! That would be the day after his five month birthday.
Happy dances all around,
Maria
Friday, February 9, 2007 at 10:22 am
Soooo wonderful… words fail me.
Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 8:11 pm
What an answer to prayer to see the pictures of that healthy and beautiful baby and the smiling mom and dad and all the people gathered around who love him. I wish so much I were there too. Maria, maybe you could commit to posting once a week, or maybe two days a week that you set up, so those of us far away will know when to expect news of Nolan. You have been wonderful to keep us informed. Thank you more than you can know.
Love to all our North Carolina family,
Margaret
Monday, February 26, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Congratulations! Call me gross, but I’m just fascinated with the g-tube button. How convenient to be able to de-gas yourself in private. And how fantastic for him to be free of tubes and machines even for a moment! And back on breast-feeding, too! I don’t want the details, but how amazing that Kara’s been able to be “at the ready” all this time with all that’s been going on. There’s more than one miracle person in your family, in my eyes.